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Lauren Murphy vs.
Eduarda Moura

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

8-7-0 Lauren Murphy · UFC
3-2-0 Eduarda Moura · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

8-7-0
UFC record
3-2-0
Women's Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Flyweight
43
AgeΔ 10.6 yrs
32.4
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
67"
ReachΔ 0"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
12.8
Layoff (months)Δ 6.9 mo
5.9
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Eduarda Moura hunts takedowns — 3.57 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.02 Women's Flyweight norm.
Eduarda Moura owns the mat — in control 42% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Flyweight norm.
Lauren Murphy absorbs 5.19 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.81 Women's Flyweight norm — hittable.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Lauren Murphy

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.11 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Eduarda Moura

Full career not yet synced for Eduarda Moura — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8643.94/min · norm 3.91
Sig. strikes landed
1772.63/min · norm 3.91
11375.19/min · norm 3.81
Sig. strikes absorbed
1782.65/min · norm 3.81
38.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
37.7%norm 44.9%
56.8%norm 55.95%
Striking defense
58.5%norm 55.95%
10.07/15 · norm 0.09
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.09

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Lauren Murphy

Distance 87.3% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 4.9%)

Eduarda Moura

Distance 81.4% (norm 87.6%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 16.0% (norm 4.9%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Lauren Murphy

Head 87.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 7.3% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 7.7%)

Eduarda Moura

Head 93.8% (norm 78.1%) · Body 3.2% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 3.0% (norm 7.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Murphy L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med Moura L/AAccWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 628 / 1960 32.0% 39.9% 111 / 382 29.1% 39.9%
In the clinch 129 / 163 79.1% 73.3% 9 / 12 too few to rate 73.3%
On the ground 107 / 122 87.7% 74.7% 57 / 75 76.0% 74.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 644 / 1963 32.8% 34.9% 153 / 440 34.8% 34.9%
To the body 116 / 164 70.7% 69.5% 11 / 15 too few to rate 69.5%
To the legs 104 / 118 88.1% 82.6% 13 / 14 too few to rate 82.6%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Women's Flyweight: 46 fighters · Women's Flyweight: 46 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Murphy L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med vs Moura L/AOpp accWomen's Flyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 979 / 2418 40.5% 38.8% 132 / 365 36.2% 38.8%
In the clinch 110 / 149 73.8% 74.1% 31 / 42 73.8% 74.1%
On the ground 48 / 66 72.7% 73.4% 15 / 22 too few to rate 73.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 731 / 2073 35.3% 35.3% 89 / 305 29.2% 35.3%
To the body 196 / 304 64.5% 69.0% 53 / 78 67.9% 69.0%
To the legs 210 / 256 82.0% 78.7% 36 / 46 78.3% 78.7%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

1624.6% acc · 1.09/15 · norm 1.02
Takedowns landed
1633.3% acc · 3.57/15 · norm 1.02
3367.3% def · norm 58.95%
Takedowns stopped
880.0% def · norm 58.95%
38:1717.5% of cage time · norm 19.15%
Control time
27:5441.5% of cage time · norm 19.15%
34:592:23 per 15 · norm 3:03
Time under control
6:361:28 per 15 · norm 3:03
30.21/15 · norm 0.32
Submission attempts
10.22/15 · norm 0.32

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Murphy has more cage time on record.

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